- Barnes' Badass Boast.Barnes: Me, I don't need this shit. I am reality. [...] You wanna kick ass? Yeah. Well, here I am, all by my lonesome. And there ain't nobody gonna know. Six of you boys against me. Kill me. I shit on all of you.
- Barnes in general. He's a bad guy, but he's also an awesomely effective soldier on top of that.
- Sgt. Elias Grodin's death, depicted on the cover and satirized many times since due to its memorable awesomeness. Also counts as a Tear Jerker.
- Adagio for Strings. Also counts as a Tear Jerker.
- Chris killing Barnes at the end.
- Elias slugging Barnes in the face to stop his brutality towards the Vietnamese villagers.
- Chris stopping a group of his fellow soldiers from raping some Vietnamese girls.Tony: The fuck is your problem, Taylor? She's a fuckin' dink.
Chris: She's a fuckin' human being, man!
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